Jonas Kaufmann - Salut, demeure chaste et pure (Met 2011)

Jonas Kaufmann as Faust in Gounod's Faust
Conducted by Yannick Nezet-Seguin
Met 2011

[@naililnosslin]

Wonderful and amazing as usual.🤗🎼🤗🎵🤗🎶🤗🎵🤗🎼🤗

[@MetropeJocelyn]

Long may he remain in such (a) glorious voice! As a native French speaker, I can also vouch for his utterly flawless pronunciation. Cheers Opera Lover! Ta-ra, J

[@lucyrmb]

loved the live broadcast today - he is amazing, the reason I have started exploring the world of Opera!

[@voce29]

I heard it said that his is a voice of "a rare mixture of intelligence, vocal power and refinement". and I could"nt agree more with it. I heard him in Tosca and Carmen at the Met and his performances were electrifying!!

[@alfredalfred3571]

of course because has nto the power to sing as dramatic voice he is nto he is originally a tenore leger who thansition to appear as dramatic using a fake emission "anglosaxon modern" style in a word ingolata he has no real projection ha has no clue of what the italian old tecnic is , he is fake tenor , but now peopele dont know nothing anymore so they amplified fake singer in the met in 20 years everybody would sing like that SHIT

[@alfredalfred3571]

his voice is mixture of shit and fake !!!!

[@mhwharp]

I heard him in Die Walkure as Sigmund and he was wonderful. When I go to the Art Museum I do not pick out faults with the great painting, I enjoy them as a great gift to mankind. Sit back and enjoy.

[@comba45]

Jonas já tem seu lugar certo no rol dos grandes tenores do século XXI. Até hoje, não vejo paralelo à sua voz. Que Deus o abençõe!

[@liliacristinapohl4905]

EXELENTE INTERPRETACION DE FAUSTO . MAGNIFICO TENOR . A PESAR DE LAS CRITICAS NEGATIVAS , AÑO 2019 CONSIDERADO , EL MEJOR TENOR LIRICO DRAMATICO ...

[@Hanako5100]

I saw the whole thing and I was very moved. His singing and acting made Faust a much more sympathetic, suffering, and guilty man than some others portrayals. Pape and Poplavskaya were also marvelous - altogether wonderful production despite the cold and dark stageset.

[@patullberg]

I agree completely; all of the Met productions lately seem to have very dark sets so dark you can't see singers other than the principals, and even they are dark.. Doesn't the Met have any light bulbs?

[@davy91101]

Again Kaufmann lavishes his profound artistry on what was a "warhorse" and found muances that seem to escape most tenors. This married to his supeerb Frrench make him a treasure that we are very lucky to have singing currently..

[@annehart1945]

Having found Alfredo Kraus's rendition of this aria no other tenor will do. He is truly magnificent.

[@ronnieince4568]

Listen to di Stefano and the fabulous dimuendi -just about the most beautiful tenor note on record .

[@giannistsoukatos4205]

@@ronnieince4568 Di Stefano is far above Kraus who is strained as it gets.Bjorling is also far above Kraus, as also Corelli and Gedda.

[@santisramos5832]

@@giannistsoukatos4205 jjajjaaa do not be a fool. kraus never was strained

[@giannistsoukatos4205]

@@santisramos5832He sure is strained to my ear, while his voice is pleasant his high notes always were set up and hit with a certain way that it is like he sings it under or inside the mask.

[@santisramos5832]

@@giannistsoukatos4205 to my ear no. Kraus had a perfect tecnic but his voice was not beaitiful naturally

[@JamesRBS]

This man is a great singer, he is disciplined, intelligent, and physically more camptivating than one could ever hope would grace the stages of the opera world. Enjoy what there is to enjoy and if you can do better....lets see it.

[@angelapearson4367]

quite agree.

[@bravomcqueen]

Brilliant!

[@xavieralberto1176]

So curious how people are trying to convince others that the best version is from tenor X. Me, I see youtube as a bowl of fruits: I do have my favorites, but enjoy them all( well almost all😀) count your blessings and enjoy all the choices you have! Technically, we live in wonderful times.

[@littleredwitch]

Beautiful! But to this day no-one can emulate Di Stefano in this one, diction and smoothness. But we have to move on, haven’t we?

[@道-p2e]

moving on, yes. But this is too much throaty.

[@chastenor]

@@道-p2e Why move on when we have Di Stefano's wonderful high C with diminuendo? Surely time itself stops when we hear that

[@道-p2e]

@@chastenor reality check, unwillingly we move into a cardboard microphone enlargement era without any of Pippo's techniques nor his timbre. What a pity of modern hybrid operatic.

[@stepneymiss1]

Just beautiful - thanks for posting :)

[@marisa6210]

His voice is velvety and full of soul, the transition to the climatic note is very natural and perfect.

[@marcellelecocq7328]

merveilleux FAUST bravo JONAS magnifique cet air !jolie voix :

[@mswynnechan]

None than Jonas can sing so beautifully and meaningfully. A great interprter with fantastic voice.

[@Berketukenmez]

Wynne Chan please listen , Mr Guiseppe di Stefano..

[@道-p2e]

@@Berketukenmez And Georges Thill, and Jerry Hadley, Jussi Bjorling... endless gorgeous voices than this.

[@robertmarcou9289]

La diction est parfaite, il domine son sujet sans forcer sa voix est son talent !👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@alfredalfred3571]

diction ingolata

[@alfredalfred3571]

ecoutez G thill la on parle de diction

[@ghislaineaerts6295]

O!!! Zo zalig gevoelig mooi dank voor deze prachtige uitvoering ,Jonas.

[@Tilantelcontar]

@evangelo13 definitive no baritone, just a tenor who manages to sing with his whole voice. And this voice is unique.

[@bernhardhedenus1641]

Bravo, J.Hoffmann. and thank you very much for the beautifull recording, operalover9001

[@frarodin]

To evangelo13: Jonas is NOT a baritone, he is a tenor; a dramatic tenor if you will, but a tenor non the less. He is actually one of the best tenors I have ever litened to.

[@joemcbob9688]

This is fantastic!

[@Rosangela161]

Beauty. Thanks.

[@アカペラの帝王]

バリトンっぽい音質でHｃが完璧に出るなんて、驚異的ですね。Bravo!!

[@voce29]

Absolutely beautiful

[@artshouldbebeautiful6407]

Oh man, what an AMAZINGLY beautiful rendition!! Of this rather cynical aria. Kaufmann is a GENIUS of musical expression and will go down in history as a rare gem for it, i am convinced of it. And that smooth, matter-of-factly natural transition into the climactic note, where the timbre barely changed. Leaves you almost excited about this beautiful opera with awful subject matter. Kaufmann makes this morally weak character seem too appealing and noble. Though on the other hand maybe this makes sense - beautiful voice, looks and lots of superficial emotion.. because otherwise how could she have ever fallen for such a loser.

[@purtigodo]

ArtShouldBeBeautiful ..and grâce à Dieu et les anges he's no more barefooted and disheveled as usual.

[@katherineroppel4595]

ArtShouldBeBeautiful I think she falls for him because she is young and inexperienced and he is on the make. In the play by Goethe she is really onto Mephistopheles and asks Faust why he hangs around with him. Her instincts are good but his charm wears her down with the help of Satan. Faust is never entirely evil--I guess conflicted is the popular word. That's why he is so interesting imho.🤓

[@JoanatNo29]

@voce29 I couldn't agree more. He embodies each rôle to perfection and endows his delivery with a passion I have never encountered from any other tenor . . . I would almost say 'any other singer'. He moves me to tears like no other. I am currently looking forward to seeing him live in Don Carlos in Munich - can't wait.

[@annehart1945]

Di Stefano's performance is very Italianate and non the worse for that, whereas Kraus's is French perfection. How blessed are we to have these wonderful recordings.

[@unotenore]

Your perception of intonation problems is quite the opposite of mine, and his singing in mezza voce(half voice or piano/pianissimo) is a sign of artistic sensitivity and technical skills that many others would kill to possess! It is not crooning, nor lack of ease with the tessitura!

[@maxwellworldwidehistorical3801]

You have a keen eye and a receptive ear!

[@sebastianpascagaza8011]

I really wonder why people post negative stuff here. Do you think he's reading this going "oh, this youtube guy knows what he's talking about, I better take note"? If you don't like it, just go away, no one cares if you think it's ugly, bad or mediocre. Go with your opinions somewhere else, where they are cared for.

[@Labienus]

+Sebastian Pascagaza The same reason you read them?

[@angalafan]

Fanatism leads to intolerance. That is your problem. If you don't accept controversy go away from here !

[@sebastianpascagaza8011]

+angalafan None of what you said makes sense, come on, I know you can do better.

[@Labienus]

+Sebastian Pascagaza You missed the point-typical of a FAN-you read it, it's called a discussion, maybe you'll learn something? Many valid points have been raised. The reaction to you is, that you can't take anything but some mindless fan gushing

[@sebastianpascagaza8011]

+Labienus discussion is one thing, pretentious crap pretending you could do much better than him when you can't is different. I do not mind the discussion, it does bother when everyone on the internet is an expert on the art and none of the ones who comment have a prolific career to be insulting to the artist. you missed my point, which is fine also.

[@Generalriku]

wish i could've been there for his performances. Coming out of his German Lieder recital, he was in excellent shape for this. Outstanding technique.

[@roxalysmendez7941]

Here you see a clear example of why voice Lanza is so indescribably unique, voice Kauffman, can not seem to both colors instead Lanza, could sing with more or less lyricism and drama and messo voce and legato as sweet as Gigli Aragal or pippo.pero with the portent of Caruso just unquestionably more beautiful.

[@lauravolpi8]

AMAZING

[@9e557]

Puisque personne ne l'a souligné, disons le : son francais est parfait.

[@alfredalfred3571]

vous devez avoir les portugaises ensamblées alors et aucune notion musicale du tout

[@9e557]

alfred alfred C’est bon, 8 ans après je suis moins indulgent. Quand je parlais de son français parfait je voulais dire pour un étranger. Cependant je reconnais qu’il y’a des étrangers qui font preuve d’une plus grande intelligence de notre langue (cf Gedda). Pour ce qui est du timbre et du maniérisme vocal je suis moins favorable aujourd’hui et je reconnais les évidents défauts. Cela ne signifie nullement que je voue Kaufmann aux gémonies comme certains qui maintenant le détestent après l’avoir adoré ! Il reste pour moi un grand artiste.

[@ghislaineaerts8188]

Wat een gevoel ,prachtig Jonas!

[@ininacsot]

Je n'aime pas trop Kaufmann mais il faut dire qu'ici il est à l'aise quand même,belle diction,puissance dans la voix,un plaisir là,j'aime ,merci.

[@claudiopersi9925]

Incommentabile!!!

[@zurjap]

BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!

[@acardi48]

It is unbelievable what a lot of bullshit has been written here about jonas kaufmanns singing. I am a tenor myself and am convinced that he will be remembered in 20 or 30 years as one of the really great tenors of this century. With his voice and technique he is able to do things, that almost no tenor, as far as we know them from recordings, has ever been able to do.

[@johnfalstaff2270]

Possibly but I doubt. He has a strong masculine voice but on the border between tenor and baritone level. Lyric roles he should not perform. In 1919 he will be fifty and there is no time left to develop his technique farther .

[@cynthiagonzalez658]

This video is hardly audible but I can still discern the great voice.

[@GOURGONS30]

Still incredible voice going straight to my heart.

[@giannistsoukatos4205]

@winter43 Too dark timbre, too forcefull, he almost cracks at the high c, his natural range is closer to a baritone than a tenor.Certainly not a pleasant performance to my ears at least.

[@alfredalfred3571]

@winter43 yeap his tecni is crap and his singing as well mais au royaule de aveugles le borgne est roi lllolll

[@bcamp98444]

Amazingly stunning.

[@davidsolomon8203]

The high c was clear, strong and on-the-mark!

[@sketti1111]

My only problem is some of it is too forceful from an interpretation point of view. If you know what the words are about then you will know what I am talking about.

[@evangelo13]

a great Baritone! well done!

[@salvatorefranco7447]

@@lucasaraujo2582 Nunca aprovecho su voz de la mejor manera, si lo hubiera hecho sin duda estaria a la par de Monaco o Corelli

[@tenoremodernotecnicavecchi2151]

He’s a tenor

[@Василиса-р5л]

@@tenoremodernotecnicavecchi2151БАРИТОН!. И очень паршивый

[@mufiteam]

@calafsdream was in the choir last year in Bayreuth...standing next to him...and have to say i like him MUCH MORE live. Also because he has very natural presence on the stage..

[@mariavalletcoral7984]

Simplemente, MARAVILLOSO¡¡¡¡

[@ptgunit]

Why on earth would you say he's a baritone? Because he's got a lot of resonance and darkness? He sings only the big tenor roles, has a great top, and his voice has changed during his career due to a new technique. It's absurd to say he's a baritone.

[@alfredalfred3571]

he is a fake dramtic tenor ingolata voice

[@martyrrt]

Some lovely qualities. This is a very difficult aria. I know this personally. I thought the ending had no emotion and no depth... Giuseppe di Stefano conquered this aria.

[@66cecilia]

FAUST Salut! demeure chaste et pure, où se devine La présence d'une âme innocente et devine! ... Que de richesse en cette pauvreté! En ce réduit que de félicité! ... O nature, c'est là que tu la fis si belle, C'est là que cette enfant à grandi sous ton aile, A dormi sous tes yeux! Là que, de ton haleine enveloppant son âme, Tu fis avec amour épanouir la fêmme En cet ange des cieux! Salut! demeure chaste et pure, où se divine La présence d'une âme innocente et devine!

[@SamsungGalaxy-fp6bc]

M

[@SamsungGalaxy-fp6bc]

Psa Pays .oô

[@mariateresaportal1521]

Wunderbar.

[@szegedification]

I have the DVD of this performance. It is unbelievably beautiful. Jonas Kaufmann is the best Faust I've seen.

[@alfredalfred3571]

buy sunglasses then !!!

[@道-p2e]

Georges Thill, GDS... Kaufmann is a good looking guy, but cannot hear that throaty voice here.

[@inmeineimhimmel1127]

Fausto…También lo interpreta de magistralmente

[@cantorandopera]

@evangelo13 Yes - he sounds like a baritone but he is a TENOR!

[@alfredalfred3571]

he sound like a fake dramatic tenor , originally he was tenor legero then uses this bloody fake darkening tecn to make a dramatic tenor carreer that he i not

[@Pathetikos]

5.24 - Oh come on... the high C not only not modulated, but also shouted!

[@peetpretorius9820]

Onvergelykbaar mooi

[@jaketaz2848]

That note you mentioned is a full half step sharp. "Divine" at 1:59 is flat, "d'une" at 2:03 is sharp, the "o" of "innocente" at 2:06 is flat, "richessse" at 2:18 is a full half step sharp, the 2nd and 3rd syllables of "pauvrete" at 2:22 are flat, at 2:35 "que de richesse" is out (first and second-to-last note flat), and I only wrote about the aria up to 3:20 so I'll stop there.

[@alfredalfred3571]

yeap !!! agree

[@TVDandTrueBlood]

Bulgakov anyone?

[@sospello]

Merci à mon amie Françoise pour le partage et à operlover9001 pour le poste--certainly a distinctive Faust with a more heroic voice than the usual but still with considerable refinement.

[@darcy561]

It's a unique voice though. A baritone would not have the high notes he has with the regularity which he has them. I don't think he usually sings off key. There is another video on here of Una Furtiva Lagrimar where it sounds off key also. Maybe it is the recording. I really have a taste for a dark tenor. I'd listen to him any day over Alagna.

[@alfredalfred3571]

always out of key for high not he od not have

[@FlorianStollmayerMUSIC]

The best version ever is by JUSSI BJOERLING in swedish!!!

[@giannistsoukatos4205]

I am a big Jussi fan, but the definitive version on this is Giuseppe Di Stefano's 1950 met version with the diminuendo on yhe high c.It is out of this world because Di Stefano 's French were also impeccable.

[@道-p2e]

@@giannistsoukatos4205 Wow, that is impossible diminuendo, longest ever... even without that, Pippo's version is not shy of anyone. I do love Jussi B too. Here Kaufmann is like to swallow a peach before singing this...

[@livrowland171]

He's got all the notes, but I find the tone of his voice a bit boring to listen to. But as others have said, it's a matter of taste I guess. Try Corelli, for example, for a heavy voiced tenor with a much more exciting sound

[@alfredalfred3571]

his high C is low on pitch , Corelli the real tenor kaufmman a joke with a microphone a shame

[@germanquintero10121946]

una hermosa versión para recordar

[@helgabirkholz2005]

4:36 4:48

[@456Templar]

Meravigliosoooooo!!!!!!

[@nicksum29]

That "quack" every time he reaches for those tops scares me. This voice surely won't last. But nice drama nevertheless.

[@bigrize]

His voice is too strong and not delicate for this french opera but good enough

[@jaketaz2848]

There is a lot of out-of-tune singing going on here, especially in the first A-section (everything up to 3:20). I admire his dynamic control, the size and color of his instrument, and the quality of his legato. Before Kaufmann fans get on my case, I would like you to check out clips of Kraus, Gedda, and Bjorling singing this. None of them have Kaufmann's beautiful timbre, but all of them are better in tune, and all of them have better high c's.

[@ludovicpaste9951]

aussi beau que les interprétations de notre cher Alfredo trop tôt disparu. Très belle diction française... Avec de beaux pianissimi inattendus ! Merci Jonas pour cette très belle interprétation avec beaucoup d'intelligence du texte et un absolu respect de la partition. les 'u' sont toujours délicats et l'ut ' moyen' mais largement compensés par la poésie qui se dégage

[@bodiloto]

in questo repertorio preferisco tenori tipo Escalais,Vezzani,Poncet,Thill .... una vocalità poco adatta à questo ruolo. questa è la mia modesta opinione.

[@alfredalfred3571]

l'ut moyen cest le minimum que lon puisse dire il est bas ! quand a la diction c'est de la soupe !!! ecoutez G thill ou escalais

[@damianganclarski9588]

Please stop telling bullshit... Kaufmann is not baritone, he is a tenor... Nevertheless he is magnificent muscian!

[@francesca7564]

@sospello Merci à toi belle .... Un abbraccio !

[@66cecilia]

ha invertito :"grandi sous ton aile , a dormi sous tes yeux".....poco male,anche loro si possono confondere!Non sarei così severo...indubbiamente ,ed è un dato di fatto, J.K. piace a molti e trasmette umanità anche come persona.

[@drbarbarabaker]

Whatever anyone may have told you, classification is by tessitura. Some people just don't fit any of the stereotypes.

[@johngiordano5141]

classification is by vocal color and production actually.

[@drbarbarabaker]

@@johngiordano5141 Absolutely not. If you can't hit the high notes, you aren't a tenor. If you can't hit the low notes, you're not a bass.

[@drbarbarabaker]

@@johngiordano5141 Jonas is a lyric tenor who has been trained to darken his voice. This can be learned.

[@johngiordano5141]

@@drbarbarabaker lol its assumed you can hit the notes but oki

[@drbarbarabaker]

@@johngiordano5141 I have a doctorate in this specific subject.

[@nathaliebonargent8048]

J'aime bien Jonas Kaufmann dans certain répertoire, mais pas du tout dans Faust ! sa voix est affectée (certes l'aigu est beau...mais c'est tout !). Le timbre est peut-être un peu trop sombre...je ne sais , n'étant pas technicienne je ne saurais expliquer, mais il y a plein de choses qui me dérange et m"empêche d'apprécier la performance, donc "thumb down" !

[@jesusmunoz2400]

nathalie bonargent La técnica es pésima. Canto engolado y monocorde. Verismo indiscriminado en todo lo q canta.

[@alfredalfred3571]

l'aigu est faux son high C low on pitch et plusierus autres notes aussi ,sa tecni est ingolata ce qui donne cette impression faussement dramatico , mais vous snetez les justes que 'il fait n'est pas bon demandez a un enfant qui n'y connait rien faites lui ecouter corelli Distephano et gigli et il vous dira que Kaufmman n'est pas bien l'instinct

[@cynthiachase3427]

Je viens d'ecouter cet opera a la Bastille, pour ce soir-ci, pas tres beau et assez ennuyeux est une description exacte. Par contre, les extraits des performances de Jonas Kaufmann et Marina Poplavskaya vous cree l'impression d'un tout autre oeuvre--passione, plein de tension dramatique, intense, sans meme rien dire de la beaute des voix, dont on reste avide. ,

[@portaix]

Tout a fait d'accord c'est nul !!!!!!!!!!! Il n'a pas la voix pour chanter gounod

[@claudiopersi9925]

Inascoltabile!!!

[@simonlagree4655]

Kaufmann's lustrous voice sounds exhausted and even strained here. Add to that his devastating crack on the final high note ( which will forever belong to Caruso alone ) and I begin to think of Jonas in terms of great Baritones . . .

[@Markinsky]

What crack???!!!!

[@tiagodelode9368]

Mark Narins i ask the same as mark narins? jonas kaufmann has 20 years on the stage playing the most difficult rols in a tenor repertoir, he went form liric characters to dramatic ones not forgetting the heroes which he gave flesh and blood. let's sing his first performances in faust and his voice has changed but each of it gave us the best faust. the high C in this recording is perfect in placement but kaufmann can sing this note like nobody could these days, with a piannissimo that he didn't use in this oportunity. something he does with his voice is incredible but his presence on the stage is unique. bravissimo!!!!!

[@simonlagree4655]

Perhaps I wasn't clear enough in my original remark. Kaufman's performances of late do NOT merit the ranking or title of " Tenore " . They are SUB PAR and are approaching the threshold of being ANNOYING. He should either revise his repertoire to Baritone performances OR RETIRE.

[@tiagodelode9368]

somebody talk about baritones like they were desposable, they aren't something remaining. a baritone is a strange and beautiful human recod voice. it's not easy to be a good baritone and composers wrote very beautiful pieces for them. today thare're more than a dozen of good tenors but only three baritones on the stage with a good performance like stars in this way. So, to be a baritone is a privilage like to be a tenor or a bass, a soprano or a mezzo or a contralto. everybody have different voices, each of us have a particular instrument. we can typify voices in a regular range, standard range that never is fit to the reality. if kaufmann is strange it isn't mean than he's an offender. he sings in his voice and he's wondeful, this is said by a lot of people around the world. we can criticize some problem or vice in his tecnic, but to keep on speaking about jonas kaufmann as he was one thing or another is not to be a clear concept of the art and an artist.

[@simonlagree4655]

How SWEET ! VERY similar to what we tell UGLY CHILDREN . . .

[@pilarpaco6569]

He has such a wonderfull and personal voice, changes constantly

[@blueredsam]

@evangelo13 BTW, he is a tenor.

[@julitareglerogarcia5541]

Caufmann tiene una voz única con estos kiolos estas mejor

[@tiagodelode5293]

impecable, justo, emosión en cada palabra y un cantante como nadie hoy día.

[@TenoreEC]

Ayudándome de la opinión de una gran maestra que tuve la oportunidad de conocer: Biserka Cvejic (maestra de Zeljko Lucic, Milena Kitic entre otros). Y de mi actual profesora quien fue maestra del contratenor Yuriy Minenko. Ambas me ponen como ejemplo a seguir a Kaufmann quien ha logrado conseguir lo que muy pocos y es mantener completamente la laringe abajo, así se acabe el mundo. Lo del timbre es resultado de esa técnica brutal , o acaso Caruso que no poseía el Do era barítono? Claro que no!!!

[@jesusmunoz2400]

José Córdova León Canto engolado, diccion hortible , verismo indiscriminado, esto no es puccini. Horrible

[@liliacristinapohl4905]

JOSE CORDOVA LEON .EXELENTE COMENTARIO .UN PLACER .

[@unotenore]

Jake, you need your ears tested, as I find only one note, that being the F natural on lyric "chaste" @ 1:51, to be slightly high-side of the pitch. I will give you the threesome of tenors to compare to Kaufmann will likely display better french, and certainly more ease at the high C, but your assertion of them being better in-tune is far fetched at best!

[@singermanz]

@calafsdream No it doesn't compromise. I've heard him and several other first class tenors live and jonas is unreal. defies physics.

[@unotenore]

You should never compare Kaufmann to Cura, as it is a comparison of Silk(Kaufmann) to rough hemp(Cura)!

[@alfredalfred3571]

ther is no comparison ??? hey both shitty tenor !!!

[@道-p2e]

@@alfredalfred3571 They are both modern artificial darkening voices. Far cry from old school glory!

[@pureffm]

He has me until "Préseeeeeeeeeeen......." but he spoiled it on the "ceeeeeeeeee" reverting to his old habits. Every soft note after that was swallowed in and choked. But other than that I was surprised at the clarity and projection of the top note, better than customary for him. Wondering if he had some voice retraining. Like Garanca, he seems to have operated a transformation. Still some bad habbits but there are moments of brilliance in-between.

[@caspartanus1]

Voy a dar mi opinión y no me importa q me conteste. Me da igual. Creo q Kaufmann es un tenor. Hay q recordar q era un tenor lírico ligero. Cambió de técnica y el resultado es q oscureciendo la voz y quitándole todo el squillo se encontró cómodo. Lo q importa es el resultado. Cómo va a ser un barítono q canta de tenor!!?. Lo q es incuestionable es q este señor canta muy bien y con mucha elegancia. Es un artista inteligente. Pero no la comparemos con voces gigantes q eran como del Monaco, Corelli e incluso Vickers. Es otro tipo de tenor. Esas voces eran grandes y cantaban con técnica italiana, con todo el timbre, nunca oscurecian. Repito, no tiene nada de barítono.

[@operaperu]

is there a chance u could upload the whole broadcast?

[@Tkimba2]

Voce che si spezza sempre sopra il fa...

[@trilobit4]

Yes, I voted for plus. I have deep respect for maestro Kaufmann. It is indeed a very good rendition. But it is not according to my taste. My fault...

[@MrMartmatsil]

they said Caruso was a baritone,he was a spinto/lyric tenor.kaufman is a dramatic tenor.!

[@gigiseppe7982]

he is a full lyric which means he has a lyric voice but darker than a lyric. But the thing with Jonas is that he is artificial darkening it to be able to fill dramatic roles which makes his voice sound woofy sadly

[@Labienus]

While I agree with your conclusion, I'm not sure as to the cause. With the roles he's singing now he shouldn't be darkening if he could control it-I think it's just the voice-"sadly"To the other, no one said Caruso was a baritone? If Kaufmann is a "dramatic" tenor then he should try and be one, instead of an Italian spinto

[@gigiseppe7982]

Caruso was a dramatic spinto tenor Kaufmann is a full lyric that is trying to sound dark. Think of full lyric a the voice part that comes after dramatic lyrico spinto tenor. Essentially what that means is that Jonas has a lighter voice then a dramatic with some of the projection of a dramatic but a slightly darker lyric voice. Kind of like Pavarotti but of course no full lyric tenor sounds the same as the other in this case I'm using Pavarotti as an example of a full lyric tenor.

[@gigiseppe7982]

In arias like vesti al giubba and e lucevan le stelle are darker more dramatic characters, and others arias like la donna è mobile and che gelida manina are for more lyric like full lyric or lighter dramatic characters like the lyrico spinto dramatic tenor

[@gigiseppe7982]

The aria Salut demeure chaste et pure is for more lighter and or lyric charters

[@alexninko]

Everything was ok until that high C....

[@alfredalfred3571]

high c is out of pitch

[@ducadimantua1]

He is such an attractive performer who sings with a most welcome sensitivity. However, his soft singing sounds much like crooning to my ears. Intonation problems?? When he sings loudly the voice seems to come into focus. Is he singing in the tessitura which best suits his beautiful voice?

[@alfredalfred3571]

he sing in front of a microphone , on stage you cna not hear that this crooning

[@giuseppinascapparone3303]

Kaufmann mi piace molto, però lo vedo poco adatto a questo ruolo.

[@ic.73]

@evangelo13 He's a tenor and a great one,using prety much the same technique as Corelli- depressing his larinx which gives him dark and monochromatic tone with great top notes.Just watch his Tosca from ROH and observe motion of his larynx.

[@alfredalfred3571]

you arre completely wrong and has no clue of what you say if JK used the same tecnic of corellli his would sound much better thatn he is actually and would not have vocal cords problem has he has !!

[@道-p2e]

This is kind of cloudy weather, not clear and clean diction.

[@nikonero78]

Para los que no conocen o conocen poco de la lirica el señor Kaufmann es un baritono que canta el Sib. Con la aparicion del verismo estos los ascendieron a tenores debido a que la orquesta aumento su tamaño. Nunca y lease bien nunca se le vera cantando roles verdaderos de tenor, como por ej; Tonio, Arturo, Guillermo Tell o Lindoro...estos baritenores son la razon por la cual el registro del baritono se bajó casi una tercera y en ocasiones hasta una cuarta. Gusteles o no es un BARITONO.

[@chulumancobambiso]

This aria belongs to Juan Diego Florez and Alfredo Kraus!

[@道-p2e]

Kraus maybe, JDF is thin voice. Georges Thill and GDS, and ton of others, Jerry Hadley...

[@mercedesrius8080]

el timbre de Kaufman es oscuro, opaco,sombrío, su timbre no me gusta. Aqui el color de la voz tiene que ser.. claro, limpio, transparente,brillante,luminoso, nitído,radiante... y en esta romanza el timbre de Aragall es impar!

[@davidrussinolurpi6072]

El timbre y color de Aragall puede que sea el más bello de la historia

[@davidrussinolurpi6072]

El timbre y color de Aragall puede que sea el más bonito de la historia